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Population and Environment

, Volume 23, Issue 4, pp 365–375 | Cite as

Skin Color and Intelligence in African Americans

  • Richard Lynn
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Abstract

The relation between skin color and intelligence was examined in a representative sample of 430 adult African Americans. A statistically significant positive correlation of 0.17 was obtained between light skin color and intelligence. It is proposed that the result supports the hypothesis that the level of intelligence in African Americans is significantly determined by the proportion of Caucasian genes.

intelligence skin color race differences r-K theory 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Richard Lynn
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.University of UlsterColeraineNorthern Ireland
  2. 2.Whitfield Court, Glewstone, Ross-on-WyeHerefordshireUnited Kingdom

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